Victor Osimhen cannot catch a break from sly digs aimed at him from the Napoli family after his acrimonious departure from the club last summer to join Galatasaray.
Osimhen was determined never to play for Napoli again and left the club at the end of last season. The discussions over his future dragged on throughout the summer. Eventually, he could not secure a move away after the club botched his moves to Paris Saint-Germain and Al-Ahli and the Chelsea deal collapsed in the final minutes before the deadline.
He was excluded from the 2024/25 Italian Serie A squad, after which he got an offer to join Galatasaray on a season-long loan with the Turkish window still open at that time.
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“The Nigerian has never interacted with the city, he hasn’t said a word in Italian, and he had problems with the locker room,” he told Vikonos Web Radio/TV, as quoted by Tutto Napoli.
“Conte’s choice has rebalanced things,” he added.
Conte called for Romelu Lukaku as his replacement, and according to The Athletic, the Blues wanted a swap deal for Osimhen, but the Nigerian and his agent Roberto Calenda disagreed.
The Belgian has started pretty decently in Naples, scoring four goals and four assists in nine games, while the former Lille forward is also making strides in Turkiye.
